Course Calendar

DIGITAL PAINTING & EXPANDED ANIMATION: INTEGRATED MEDIA

Program Information

The specialization Digital Painting & Expanded Animation: Integrated Media is structured to provide students with a versatile yet rigorous technical and critical toolset. In the first and second years of study, students undergo thorough studio arts training coupled with hands-on experience in a variety of art and animation techniques, both traditional and digital including: observational drawing, traditional and digital painting, stop-motion, 3D animation and digital compositing, to name a few. Students also take Liberal Arts & Sciences courses, which provide a cultural and historical context for these practices, and help to ground student projects with solid critical skills. The third and fourth years are geared towards shaping these newly acquired skills into a cross-disciplinary creative language, culminating in a final capstone project such as an installation-based animation work, a digital painting series or an interactive virtual work that combines both digital painting and animation. Graduates of the Digital Painting & Expanded Animation specialization will be equipped with portable, professional digital art and animation skills coupled with the critical thinking and experimental approach required of contemporary art practitioners.

Liberal studies courses are listed under the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and designated course type LST in the course schedule. See the Liberal Art & Sciences for an outline of the degree liberal studies requirements.

Laptop Program

Digital Painting & Expanded Animation is part of the Laptop Program. Students are required to have a laptop as well as their own external hard drives in order to transfer and store their digital media. We recommend the purchase of Apple MacBook Pro computers. Students are required to pay the associated fees for software and support. Please see the Laptop Program guide for Integrated Media and information on Laptop Program fees.

Digital Painting & Expanded Animation: Integrated Media Program Guide

Students must fulfill all requirements listed in the major program guide the year they were admitted to OCAD U. For example, a student admitted to OCAD U in 2012 must follow the major program guide published in the Fall/Winter 2012/2013 Course Calendar.

However, if program requirements change, students must adhere to the new requirements for their next learning year level.

NOTE: All students should refer to the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences for an outline of the liberal studies degree requirements.

COURSE CODE	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT
200 Level Requirements
DRPT 2B39	Painting & Digital Imaging 1	0.5
INTM 2B11	Animation: Origins & Techniques	0.5
INTM 2B14	Compositing & Digital Animation	0.5
INTM 2B22	Contemporary Issues: Art Today	0.5
INTM 2B33	3D Modelling & Animation	0.5
INTM 2B34	Hybrid Media Lab	0.5
VISM 2B09	History of New Media	0.5
200 Level	Visual Culture (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISM) or ENGL, HUMN, SCTM, SOSC	0.5
200 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
200 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		5.0


300 Level Requirements
DRPT 3B27	Painting & Digital Imaging 2: Collaboration	0.5
DRPT 3B29	Pixel Pusher	0.5
INTM 3B39	Media Research Projects	0.5
INTM 3B49	Integrated Media Studio: Practice & Critique	0.5
INTM 3B50	Advanced Animation Studio & Critique	0.5
300 Level	INTM courses	0.5
300 Level	Art elective	0.5
VISM 3B03	Animation: Critical Perspectives	0.5
200, 300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
200, 300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		5.0


400 Level Requirements
INTM 4E01	DPXA Capstone Project	2.0
ASOC 3B01	Community Practice	0.5
400 Level	INTM courses	0.5
CROS 3B01	Professional Practice	0.5
300 or 400 Level	Visual Culture (VISA, VISC, VISD, VISD) or ENGL, HUMN, SCTM, SOSC	0.5
300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
300 or 400 Level	ENGL, HUMN, SCTM or SOSC	0.5
Total Credits		0.5

Eligibility to Graduate

Please note that students are eligible to graduate if they:
• Have fulfilled all program requirements.
• Are in good academic standing (if 2.0 or more credits taken since last academic performance review require minimum 60% average for those courses).
• Have on overall average of at least 60%.
• Have an average of at least 65% in the designated courses of their major/program (Design only).
• Have no outstanding accounts at the university.

Please visit Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences course listing for a full selection of liberal studies courses.

Last Modified:5/20/2014 4:52:07 PM